Gangapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India

Gangapur
Constituency No. 111 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Aurangabad Division
District	Aurangabad District
LS constituency	Aurangabad
Total electors	358,155
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prashant Bansilal Bamb
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Gangapur is one of the six constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, that are located in the Aurangabad district.^[1]

It is a part of the Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Vaijapur Assembly constituency, Kannad Assembly constituency, Aurangabad East Assembly constituency, Aurangabad Central Assembly constituency and Aurangabad West Assembly constituency.^[2] One of the 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra, Gangapur belongs to Aurangabad parliamentary constituency. Having population of 358,155, according to 2011 census, Gangapur is a taluka in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

In 2019 General Maharashtra Assembly Election, Prashant Bansilal Bamb of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate won the assembly elections. Prashant Bansilal Bamb defeated Santosh Annasaheb Mane Patil, rebellion of Shiv Sena. Prashant Bansilal Bamb received 1,07,193 votes as against Santosh Mane's 72,222 votes. Voters of Gangapur Constituency supported Development agenda of Prashant Bansilal Bamb and his works towards Farmer's empowerment. Caste politics (caste polarisation) didn't supported by voters of Gangapur constituency to Santosh Mane of NCP and Result of that he lost by huge margin of 34,971 votes.

Bamb Prashant Bansilal from Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat in 2014 by defeating the Ambadas Eknath Danve of Shiv Sena candidate by a margin of 17,278 votes. Bamb Prashant Bansilal got 55,483 votes while Ambadas Eknath Danve SS candidate received 38,205 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party got 30.11% vote share.

Prashant Bansilal Bamb, an independent candidate won the assembly elections of 2009. He defeated Annasaheb Mane Patil of Shiv Sena, the 2004 elections winner. Bamb received 53067 votes as against Patil's 29568 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1962 Yamajirao Mhatarrao Satpute Indian National Congress
1967 Babasaheb Ramrao Pawar Indian National Congress
1972 Babasaheb Ramrao Pawar Indian National Congress
1978: Laxman Eknath Manal, Indian National Congress
1980: Ashok Rajaram Patil, Indian National Congress
1985: Kisanrao Kasane, Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990: Kailash Patil, Shiv Sena
1995: Ashok Rajaram Patil, Independent (politician)
1999: Annasaheb Mane Patil, Shiv Sena
2004: Annasaheb Mane Patil, Shiv Sena
2009: Prashant Bansilal Bamb, Independent (politician)
2014: Prashant Bansilal Bamb, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election	Name	Party
2019	Prashant Bansilal Bamb^[3]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Annasaheb Patil Mane	50,985	32.11	+1.65
	NCP	Vilas Dadarao Chavan	46,342	29.19	-2.68
	SP	Ashok Rajaram Patil	43,243	27.24	+16.78

Majority			4,643	2.92
Turnout			158,765	62.88	+2.30
	SHS hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Prashant Bansilal Bamb	53,067	35.72
	SHS	Annashaneb Patil Mane	29,568	19.90	-12.21
	Independent	Krishna Dongaonkar Patil	23,786	16.01
	NCP	Kundalikrao Pandurang Mane	17,327	11.66	-17.53
Majority			23,499	15.62
Turnout			148,548	63.54	+0.66
	Independent gain from SHS		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Gangapur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prashant Bansilal Bamb	55,483	30.13	+30.13
	SHS	Ambadas Eknath Danve	38,205	20.75	+0.85
	NCP	Krishna Dongaokar	33,216	18.04	+6.38
	INC	Shobhatai Khorse	16,826	9.14	+9.14
Majority			17,278	9.38
Turnout			184,124	68.96	+5.09
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bamb Prashant Bansilal	107,193	52.68	+22.55
	NCP	Mane Patil Santosh Annasaheb	72,222	35.49	+17.45
	None of the Above	NOTA	1491	00.73
Majority			34,971	17.19
Turnout			2,03,483
	BJP hold		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.